Rail freight operators have stopped using electric trains and switched to diesel locomotives due to soaring energy prices.
Read moreElectric freight trains mothballed due to soaring energy prices
Category: Freight
DB Cargo UK plans to lease Mossend EuroTerminal to Maritime Intermodal
DB Cargo UK has announced plans to lease its Mossend EuroTerminal rail freight facility to Maritime Intermodal from October 1, 2021.
Read moreCumbria passengers to get multi-million-pound track upgrades
Passengers in Cumbria are being advised to plan their journeys next month when Network Rail upgrades track near Bootle station.
Read moreLlangennech diesel train catches fire after derailing
A freight train carrying diesel has derailed and burst into flames in Llangennech, South Wales.
Read moreHolocaust Memorial Day: 75 years since liberation of Auschwitz camp
The darkest episode in the history of world railways undoubtedly centres around the role they were forced to play in the transport of civilians to Nazi death camps during the Second World War.
Read moreCanadian National celebrates centenary
CANADA’s largest rail operator – Canadian National (CN) – celebrated its centenary in 2019 and gave some of its locos a special ‘CN100’ livery. Here, ‘CN100’ livery GE ET44AC No. 3217 leads another GE-built loco
Read moreConstruction traffic boom keeps UK railfreight stable
A FIVE per cent increase in construction traffic took the sector to its highest quarterly volume in the first three months of 2019/20, according to new figures from the Office of Rail and Road (ORR).
Read moreFive things you may not know about British Rail freight
Here’s a few things you may not have known about British Rail freight…
Read moreLeighton Buzzard Railway: 100 not out
Cliff Thomas reports on a rare heritage anniversary – a 2ft-gauge railway that has operated continuously for a century. THE Leighton Buzzard Railway (LBR) will celebrate the line’s 100th anniversary of continuous operation on November
Read moreClassic stations: Newcastle Central
Newcastle Central is a listed building, the city’s major transport hub, and acts as both a terminus and a through station. Graeme Pickering recalls the station’s impressive past and assesses plans recently outlined for the
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